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Déjà vu to the days of «Wii HD» vs PS3 and Xbox 360.

Seems kind of pointless including the collections in these rankings. How can Mega Man X be better than a collection of games that includes Mega Man X, for instance?

@Dringo (and he works at Nintendo?)

That’s rather funny😂

As others have pointed out, this will get dated quick. Would’ve picked it up otherwise (even though the 10+ emails I’ve received about this have soured me somewhat).

Nintendo Life really should do a Cena and show more respect towards Wrestling Empire. Not only is it brilliant, it’s a console exclusive.

I’ll absolutely get this!

(Hopefully SEGA will release a SEGA Master System Classic Mini, a SEGA Master System Collection or an Alex Kidd Collection one day or another.)

Wait, the original TMNT got a 3 out of 10 by Nintendo Life? AVGN really did sway public opinion on this game, didn’t he.

@TossedLlama It appearantly had the same color/brightness problems as the NES and SNES Virtual Console games released on the Wii U.

Did they ever fix the emulation of this?

Nintendo Life «improving stability»?

The problem is I need one of these devices for each of my 15+ retro consoles.

Cart only for cardboard-box games (though I’m undecided on N64 since I still have my original games CIB), CIB on everything else.

This is like the Wii era, where there was speculation for 3-4 years that Nintendo would release a Wii HD version.

Looking forward to this. Hope they’ll release a classic compilation down the line.

The problem is not bad games being made or Nintendo allowing them on the eShop - the problem is that people keep buying bad games. The maker of this game will laugh all the way to the bank as more and more people buy it for laughs.

Those comparing this to the situation leading up to the video game crash of 1983 need not worry. People are not spending all their hard-earned cash on bad games assumed to be great (Pac-Man, E.T.), and retailers are not flooded with games that won’t sell. Steam has been flooded with poor games for 15+ years now with no problem.

I was expecting a picture of Capt. Lou Albano.

I’ll use this opportunity to say that Link’s Awakening is a good game, but highly overrated.

@Yanina More like 900 frames faster, amirite? No? No...?

I’ll find my way out...

@TryToBeHopeful I don’t understand Nintendo Life’s stance on Wrestling Empire either - everyone should try the demo. Some strange bugs, but a really good game that puts «fun» before looking real.

(Diving back into my long lasting feud with Vince McMahon and Irwin R. Schyster.)

This looks very promising.

@Dirty0814 Thanks - and agree, that seems like a good collection. If a similar offer appears on the European eShop, I’ll pick it up.

Is River City Ransom the NES version? Arcade?

«3DS games from 2017 onwards»

I’d say there’s a Pokémon Ultra Sun/Moon shaped hole on this list...

Some remasters worth mentioning: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology, Luigi’s Mansion and Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn.

Also New Style Boutique 3 - Styling Star is supposed to be very good (NL gave it a 9/10).

Another perspective would be: doesn’t this explain why Nintendo need to stop anyone else being creative with their brand? Otherwise Nintendo may end up themselves infringing on someone’s idea (there’s only so many ways you can make a goomba etc.).

You’re way too harsh when it comes to Wrestling Empire. Everyone should give it a go - I believe there’s a demo available?

Like I said in the comment section of the review, I can’t recall the last time I had such fun playing a wrestling game. It was probably the N64 games.

And it makes you wonder how good the AAA wrestling games could’ve been if they put fun ahead of visuals.

Still contemplating buying a RetroTink 2x.

After reading the review, the comments made by @BurningCold0718 and after watching some Youtube videos, I decided to take the plunge, and man - this game is such silly fun!

The game mechanic, while somewhat buggy, is rather great, and makes you wonder what major companies could do with a wrestling game if they just focused on fun gameplay instead of the game looking realistic.

I started my career in wrestling school, but after picking up some victories (including a crazy 5 vs. 5 all out war), who do you think approached me? None other than Lance Monado, I mean Vince McMahon, himself! I signed a contract, and after a couple of matches against Typhoon, the Nasty Boys approached me backstage: Jerry Sags was having a match he believed he would have a hard time winning, and asked if I could join him ringside. Not one to turn down a fresh challenge (or wanting a pummeling by both Nasty Boys) I accepted. Turns out Sags had a 2 out of 3 falls match with The Iron Sheik. In yet another crazy classic, where everyone and their mother (I believe there was five helpers outside in the end) attacked The Iron Sheik, Sags picked up two countout wins. Knobbs, for some reason or another, thought he had helped me win, and asked if he should help me out full time. I thought that sounded fun and accepted. Next segment and Knobbs says he believes we should end the partnership now. Well, that lasted long.

And I haven’t even told you about my Cage Match against Bam Bam Bigelow with World Champion Randy Savage as Special Referee. Savage promised me a title match if I won (which I did), but he left the company the day after!

It’s like the glory days of Vince Russo! I can’t remember the last time I had such fun playing a wrestling game.

What would Ron Simmons say about the game?

Now, looking at the screenshots, one which have Tatanka, Doink, Earthquake and Jimmy Snuka (?) in the same match, you just have to love this.

At some point, you might consider making articles when Capcom’s games are at full price.

Perhaps it’s time I tell my wife the truth about our son, Mr. Mime’s, name...

First Atari, then SNK.

«Bah gawd, that’s Commodore’s music!!!»

Would’ve bought it if Nintendo actually released it in Europe.

@SwitchVogel I hope Nintendo Life reaches out to Nintendo for a comment about the dark filter. I’m still hopefull they’ll fix that, but don’t see it happening unless someone brings it to their attention.

Hope they fix this! Perhaps if Nintendo Life contacts Nintendo for a comment?

I’ll probably buy Fire Emblem day 1, just to show Nintendo that I’d appreciate it if they translated more of their Japan only games.

As far as I understand, there’s no physical edition for Europe?

It’s strange. They should just make the red be the same colours as the other backgrounds.

Studio of the Year: Naughty Dog

Did they make any other games than TLoU2 released in 2020?

(It’s strange to have an award show when there’s still ~10% of the year left.)

@crashcontrol Nintendo isn’t making a profit of Melee, but they are making money of the Smash Bros. franchise and every single character in the game (well, perhaps not Captain Falcon...). If they say «sure, just use Mario in this mod», they’re at risk of others claiming the right to use him in their mod with or without profit as well. Is it a big risk? Perhaps not, but a risk with potential devestating ramifications.

And for all we know, perhaps Nintendo would like to make money out of Melee again someday as well.

A lot of focus here on what Nintendo could or should do, but the fact is Nintendo have to defend their IP in quite an aggressive fashion, or risk losing sole ownership to it. Nintendo could do like other companies have done (Ms. Pac-Man, Sonic Mania), and release something created by someone else themselves, but they can’t allow other companies making profit of modded releases of their games.

I understand that Nintendo needs to defend their IP, but I don’t understand why they haven’t released Melee on Wii U / Switch. Wind Waker and Sunshine have already been released.

The hardware itself is rather poor, but some incredible games - I own more than 100 myself.

Politics aside, anyone know why this company was banned?

Strange design. How about Mario and Yoshi with «since 1985» - when did Yoshi turn up first, 1990?

That’s one random roster!

Would love this for Atari Flashback Classics.

How about the ENKKO N64 Control Stick kickstarter you reported on here in Nintendo Life some years ago?

I’ve been on the Nintendo-Sony combo for some generations now, but with Sony publishing their first party «exclusives» on PC, and Microsoft doing the same, I’m currently contemplating going the Nintendo-PC route. I’m not buying any of the two at launch anyway.

Here’s to 15 more!